What is the purpose of calculating a confidence interval?
A. To provide a range of values that has a certain large probability of containing the sample statistic of interest.
B. To provide a range of values that, with a certain measure of confidence, contains the sample statistic of interest.
C. To provide a range of values that, with a certain measure of confidence, contains the population parameter of interest.
D. To provide a range of values that has a certain large probability of containing the population parameter of interest.